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Title: MendonUpton Regional School District


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Mendon-Upton Regional School District
  • Operating Budget Request
  • Fiscal Year 2010

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Agenda
  • Educational Funding Overview Implications
  • 2010 Budget Summary
  • Cost Drivers
  • Funding Sources
  • Proposed Reductions
  • District Comparisons
  • Cost Control Measures
  • Reduced Budget Impact
  • Next Steps / Summary / Q A

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MA General Law Chapter 70School Funds and State
Aid for Public Schools
  • Step 1 Foundation Budget
  • The foundation budget is the minimum spending
    amount recommended per child under Massachusetts
    law.
  • The foundation budget is computed using a
    districts student enrollment and demographics,
    which include grade levels, low income status and
    English language proficiency.
  • Each district has its own foundation budget,
    which is typically small districts spend on
    average 118 of their calculated foundation
    budget.

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MA General Law Chapter 70School Funds and State
Aid for Public Schools
  • Step 2 Towns Ability to Pay
  • A target minimum local contribution is
    established based on a town's wealth (Mendon and
    Upton are calculated separately).
  • Two measures of wealth are used
  • Aggregate property values
  • Aggregate personal income levels
  • FY10 foundation budget calculations use 2008
    property values and 2006 income levels.

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MA General Law Chapter 70School Funds and State
Aid for Public Schools
  • Step 3 Proportion of State vs. Local Aid
  • The target local share and target aid share for
    an individual town will vary in proportion to a
    town's wealth (as determined in step 2).
  • The states average spending targets are as
    follows
  • State Aid 41 percent (target aid share)
  • Local Aid 59 percent (target local share)
  • Mendons and Uptons target local share is now
    58-59, matching the state average.

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MA General Law Chapter 70School Funds and State
Aid for Public Schools
  • Step 4 Transition to Target Local Share
  • Mendon and Upton have historically had a low
    target local share (40), with the state
    providing a high aid share (60).
  • That changed with the addition of personal income
    to the formula in 2006.
  • Transition factors are used so that the shift to
    target levels will occur gradually over a period
    of several years.

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Implications of Chapter 70 Changes
  • The State is gradually decreasing the amount of
    aid it provides to our District, and the Chapter
    70 formula calls for local town contributions to
    slowly increase until target levels (59) are
    reached.
  • Local revenues remain constrained by Proposition
    2½ and limited town growth.
  • For FY10, the governor is proposing to level fund
    Chapter 70. As a result, the state is not
    providing its legally required minimum
    contribution to our District.

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Regional Transportation Expenses
  • Unlike non-regionalized districts, regional
    school districts in MA receive state
    reimbursement for transportation.
  • Despite a cost increase of 48,600 for our
    District, FY10 state reimbursement is expected to
    be 112K less than FY09.
  • After state reimbursement, the remaining cost of
    transportation is split between the two towns
    based on student population (per the terms of the
    regional agreement).

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Budget Summary Mendon-Upton Regional Schools -
FY09
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Special Education BudgetPersonnel
Non-Personnel Expenses
  • FY07 FY08 FY09
  • Salaries 2,805,765
    3,298,638 3,467,687
  • Out of District Tuitions 787,353
    790,450 1,250,000
  • Non-Salary Expenses 1,221,955
    1,117,256 1,322,327
  • (i.e. district programs, transportation,
    supplies, consultants)
  • TOTAL 4,815,073
    5,206,344 6,040,014
  • FY09 actual SPED costs are expected to exceed
    budget by 800K FY10 budget is anticipated
    to be 6.84M (24 of total budget)

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FY10 Level Service Budget Drivers
  • Special Education 805,201
  • Personnel 757,529
  • Health Insurance (projected) 290,113
  • Transportation 48,600
  • Worcester County Retirement 39,164
  • Total Level Service Budget 1,940,607 (7.05)

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Proposed FY10 Budget (3.88)
  • FY09 27,511,832
  • FY10 28,579,558
  • Increase 1,067,726 (3.88)
  • Funding needed 187K State/Stimulus
  • 697K Towns
  • 190K School
    District

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Funding Sources - State Aid
Change
FY09 Budget
FY10 Budget
NOTESThe Governors House Bill 1 level funds
Chapter 70 for school districts statewide. The
District is expecting 299,755 from the Federal
Stimulus Package to supplement this Chapter 70
aid and bring the state up to its legal
foundation level.
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Funding Sources Total Contribution -
Upton
FY09 Budget
FY10 Budget
Increase
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Funding Sources Total Contribution -
Mendon
FY09 Budget
FY10 Budget
Increase
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Funding Sources - School District
Contributions/Reimbursements
FY09 Budget
FY10 Budget
Increase
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Percentage of Total Budget From All Sources -
FY10
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FY10 Proposed Budget Reductions from Level
Service
  • Personnel (10 positions)
  • Consolidation of SPED program (1) 56,000
  • Paraprofessionals (4) 95,000
  • Administrative Assistants (2) 51,575
  • Custodian (1) attrition 50,272
  • Food Service (2) 26,663
  • Personnel Total 279,510

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FY10 Proposed Budget Reductions from Level
Service
  • Expenses
  • Retirement Offsets (6) 179,000
  • Utilities / Fuel Savings 150,000
  • General School Supplies 46,979
  • Maintenance Account 46,000
  • Athletics (supplies freshmen sports)
    34,000
  • Department Supplies (Nipmuc) 31,469
  • Stipends (7) 18,536
  • Late Bus 3,600
  • Expenses Total 509,584

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District Adjustment to Level Service Budget
  • Personnel 279,510
  • Expenses 509,584
  • New Revenue 48,000
  • (School Choice 8 _at_ Nipmuc)
  • Total 837,094

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FY07 Spending Rankings for all Categories
(1highest, 329lowest)
  • Out of 329 districts reporting, our district
    ranks . . .
  • Administration 320th
  • Instructional Leadership 298th
  • Classroom and Specialist Teachers 268th
  • Other Teaching Services 300th
  • Professional Development 168th
  • Instructional Materials 67th
  • Guidance Counseling/Testing 244th
  • Pupil Services 193rd
  • Operations/Maintenance 245th
  • Insurance/Retirement 284th
  • Out-of District PPEs 155th
  • Information source MA DESE Website

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Per Pupil Expenditures9th of 10 comparable
communities (based on income, population and
student enrollment)
  • State provided expenditures of comparable
    communities
  • DEDHAM 13,157 CANTON 11,105
  • HOLLISTON 10,856 ASHLAND 10,599
  • GROTON DUNSTABLE 10,284 FOXBOROUGH 9,956
  • HANOVER 9,611 MEDFIELD 9,472
  • MEDWAY 9,341 MENDON-UPTON 9,194
  • NORTH READING 9,049
  • MA State Average 11,789
  • Information source MA DESE Website

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Mendon-Upton Spends Less than Most Districts
(FY07 MURSD ranked 306 of 331 Districts)
92 of school districts spend more
Mendon-Upton 9194 per student per year
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FY07 Average Teacher Salaries(comparable
communities MURSD ranked last)
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Student to Instructional Personnel Ratio (not
class size)In FY07, MURSD ranked last of 10
comparable communities
Dedham 13.0 Hanover 13.0 Holliston
13.4 Foxborough 14.5 Ashland
14.9 Medway 14.9 Medfield 15.1
Canton 15.4 Groton-Dunstable 16.0 North
Reading 16.4 Mendon-Upton 19.0 Information
source MA DESE Website
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Federal Economic Stimulus Assistance
  • The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
    of 2009 will provide funds to the school district
    through
  • Existing education grants to states
  • General funds to support state fiscal
    stabilization
  • Funds made available under existing federal
    grants can only be used by eligible districts for
    specified purposes.
  • The District expects to receive 299,755 of
    Federal stimulus assistance to supplement the
    level Chapter 70 funding.

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District Cost Control Measures
  • Acquired a grant from National Grid to retrofit
    the schools with new lighting and to reduce
    energy costs. Pursuing additional opportunities
    with local power company.
  • Negotiating with the bargaining unions across the
    district to find creative solutions to reduce
    impact of payroll increases.
  • Negotiated greater health insurance cost sharing
    with employees and opened discussions with the
    towns to reduce health insurance costs.
  • Conducting transportation audit and investigating
    other cost sharing opportunities with other
    districts.
  • Increasing our choice population at the high
    school.
  • Under a grant from MUEF, providing grant writing
    instruction to staff in order to bring additional
    funds to the district.

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What if requested funding isnt received?
  • Mendon Finance Committee has suggested a funding
    increase of 89,010 over FY09 levels.
  • The corresponding Upton FY10 contribution would
    decrease from FY09 by 14,548.
  • Overall District budget 451,645 (1.64)

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Impact of Reduced (1.64) Budget
  • 38 additional District employees would be
    impacted through a combination of cuts and
    reduced work hours
  • 17 District employee positions would be cut
    (11 professionals and 6 para-professionals)
  • Remaining 21 employees would have reduced work
    hours

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Its Not All Bad News...
  • Curriculum Guides (PreK-12) assembled
  • K-5 Math program implemented (Investigations)
  • MCAS Top 10 in states 10th grade test
  • Standards Based Elementary Report Card
  • Alert Now Communication System
  • IPASS Student Information System
  • Grade alignment transition going smoothly
  • Met AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) in all
    schools, all areas
  • 2008 four year Graduation Rate 95.3 (24th best
    in states public schools)
  • Updated District Web Page
  • Energy Savings Initiative (National Grid)

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Where Do We Go From Here?
  • Monitor status of stimulus funds counting on
    300K
  • Monitor towns contributions
  • Prioritize list of additional cuts (if needed)
  • NOTE Additional cuts WILL impact the
    administration and teachers
  • Continue to look for options to reduce costs
    through
  • Collaboration
  • Regionalization
  • Grants
  • Reminders
  • Stimulus funds are short term
  • State will continue to push towns to 59 local
    contribution level
  • Translation Its not going to get any better in
    the future!

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Summary
  • School District is asking the towns to meet
    minimum local contribution increase (3.88 budget
    increase)
  • If 3.88 budget is not achieved, additional cuts
    will be needed
  • Reminder last year the District cut 10
    positions, half of them classroom teachers
  • Budget will change between today and town
    meetings
  • School Committee will monitor funding sources
    between today and both town meetings to determine
    a final budget for ratification by voters more
    communications will follow

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FY10 Budget
  • Questions?
  • Thank you for your support for
  • Mendon-Upton Regional Schools!

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Backup Info

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Per Pupil Expenditures(comparison communities)
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07 Comparison Community Data
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